Ric Anderson

Assistant Managing Editor, Business

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Managers play a key role today as workers deal with anxieties: Monday, May 14, 2012; It’s a formula for a particularly potent blend of stress: Take one business managerial position, combine it with a downsized workforce and a crushing amount of pressure to either maintain profits or face financial failure, sprinkle in pay freezes or salary reductions and shake vigorously in a Southern Nevada economy that’s far worse than the national average.
Five key moments from Mayweather-Cotto: Saturday, May 5, 2012; The focus on Mayweather will now turn to his impending three-month jail term for domestic battery and the age-old question of whether a fight between him and Manny Pacquiao will ever happen, but first:
Scenes and notes from an eventful day in Las Vegas: Saturday, May 5, 2012; Wrapped in Mexican flags and wearing sombreros the size of patio tables, Beto Terrazas and three of his friends turned Saturday into a two-for-one party in Las Vegas. As part of a long – really long – Vegas weekend, Terrazas his buddies road-tripped from their homes in Tracy, Calif., to celebrate Cinco de Mayo and catch Saturday’s WBA Super Welterweight title fight between Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto.
History of violence: Notable pieces from mob collection at heart of legal dispute: Thursday, April 26, 2012; From a pistol belonging to Anthony "The Ant" Spilotro to Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel's death certificate, here are just a few of the mob artifacts at the heart of an ongoing legal dispute in Las Vegas. The items, housed at the Mob Attraction Las Vegas at the Tropicana, are the subject of a longstanding series of court proceedings aimed at sorting out who has the right to display them. The matter has been fast-tracked, with hopes to resolve it this summer.
24. Bip Roberts (1987-88, '95): Monday, April 2, 2012; During the 1988 season, Leon Joseph Roberts — better known as Bip — provided a glimpse of things to come when he hit .353 and stole 29 bases for the Stars, both still among the best single-season marks in team history.
22. J.P. Arencibia (2009-10): Monday, April 2, 2012; It’s an unofficial distinction, but there can be little doubt about it — J.P. Arencibia does the best Tim Kurkjian impersonation in Las Vegas 51s/Stars history.
19. Bruce Bochy (1983-84, '88): Monday, April 2, 2012; Before he managed the San Francisco Giants to a World Series title in 2010, before he led the San Diego Padres to the National League pennant in 1998, Bruce Bochy did something memorable in Las Vegas.
17. Eddie Williams (1990, '94, '98): Monday, April 2, 2012; Eddie Williams wasn’t playing slow-pitch softball on April 22, 1998, no matter how much his stat line might have looked like it.
14. Joe Lansford (1983-84, '87): Monday, April 2, 2012; Joe Lansford never reached the heights achieved by his brother, Carney, a mainstay on the powerhouse Oakland A’s teams of the 1980s.
Organic pizza franchise to open restaurant in Henderson as part of Nevada expansion: Friday, March 30, 2012; A South Florida-based pizza restaurant chain that bills itself as "fresh, organic and Earth friendly" is expanding into Nevada.

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Ric covered beats ranging from police and courts to major-college sports before becoming a news columnist, opinion editor and now a news editor. Anderson spent 25 years with The Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World and The Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal. He joined the Sun as an assistant managing editor, in charge of business coverage. He is a runner and a motorcyclist.